Artificial reed.



1. D. MILLER.

ARTIFICIAL REED. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 4, I914.

Patented'Jan. 25; 1916.

WITNESSES BY' W u ##[Z "Wm I ATTORNEY/6' JOHN D. MILLER, OF JACKSON,MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO A. D. MOBURNEY AND ONE-HALF T0 H. L.HITCI-ICOCK, BOTH OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

ARTIFICIAL REED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 25, 1916.

Application filed December 4, 1914. Serial No. 875,504.

. siding at Jackson, in the county of Jack- 'son and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Artificial Reeds,of which the following is a specification, reference being had thereinto the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to artificial reeds designed for use in themanufacture of furniture and other articles, such for instance as babycarriages, baskets, etc., as'a substitute for the natural reed. It isthe object of the invention to obtain a construction which not onlypresents a similar appearance to the natural product but also may bemanipulated with equal facility during the manufacture of the product.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved artificialreed; Fig. 2 is a section showing the reed as woven in a fabric; Fig. 3is a plan view of a slightly modified fabric; and Fig. 4 is a sectiontherethrough.

7. My improved artificial reed comprises essentially a resilientmetallic core and a spiral wrapping of fibrous material, such forinstance as paper.

Heretofore non-resilient metallic wires have been covered with spiralwrappings, as for instance in the manufacture of stems for artificialflowers. Such a product cannot, however, be substituted for a reed inthe weaving of a fabric, for the reason that there will be no lateraltension upon the crossing strands, whereas with the natural reed thereis suflicient resiliency to produce such a tension. I have thereforedevised a construction in which the core is formed of resilientmaterial, such as piano wire. As shown, A is the resilient core and Bthe spiral wrapping of paper.

C is a 'fabric formed by weaving the artificial reeds, and as shown at Dwhenever a strand is bent the resiliency of the core will tend to forceit back into the original posit1on, as indicated by dotted lines at D.This will place a lateral tension upon the crossing strands, indicatedby the letter E, with a result that the fabric will retain its form, andwill operate the same as fabric formed of natural reeds.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a fabric may be formedin which the warp F isof larger '55 "resilient core facilitates bending forward and backwardduring the weaving operav tion, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4.

What I claim as my invention is 1. An artificial reed, comprising aresilient core and a spiral wrapping of fibrous '65 material thereon. 7

2. An artificial reed, comprising a core formed of a resilient metallicwire, and a spiral wrapping of fibrous material covering said core. I

3. A woven fabric formed of interlaced strands each comprising aresilient metallic core, and a spiral wrapping "of fibrous material.

4. A woven fabric comprising interlaced warp and woof strands exerting alateral tension upon each other, each formed of a resilient core and aspiral wrapping of fibrous material, said warp strands being of largerdiameter than the woof strands and being substantially straight.

In testimony whereof I aflix my slgnatur in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN D. MILLER.

Witnesses:

B. S. DAVIES, J. G. CUDDOHY.

